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Read more about the article Hidden Rubles in a Hollow Brick

Hidden Rubles in a Hollow Brick

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  • Post published:September 29, 2021
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Disguised objects for use as dead drop containers required an incredible amount of research, experimentation, and testing before they could be used for high-risk operations in the field. The slightest imperfection could…

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Read more about the article Leave No Trace: Disguising Footprints in the Jungles of Southeast Asia

Leave No Trace: Disguising Footprints in the Jungles of Southeast Asia

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  • Post published:September 25, 2021
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These jungle boots with footprint soles were designed to disguise the presence of MACV SOG warriors on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Military Assistance Command Vietnam - Studies and Observation Group was…

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Read more about the article Kate, the Pistol-Packing Plainclothes Paratrooper

Kate, the Pistol-Packing Plainclothes Paratrooper

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  • Post published:September 20, 2021
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Lance Corporal Sara-Jane Warke was assigned to the Military Reaction Force, a special mission unit which operated in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the 1970s. The MRF is a…

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Read more about the article D-21: The Ramjet-Powered Supersonic Spy Drone

D-21: The Ramjet-Powered Supersonic Spy Drone

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  • Post published:September 15, 2021
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Beginning in 1962, the legendary research & development powerhouse at Lockheed known as the Skunk Works started to develop a supersonic drone that could do the work of a CIA-flown A-12 or…

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Read more about the article Double Agent Down Under: Kay Marshall and the KGB

Double Agent Down Under: Kay Marshall and the KGB

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  • Post published:September 10, 2021
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In 1958, a Soviet diplomat and KGB agent named Everly Lutsky approached Kay Marshall, who worked as a passport officer for the British High Commission in New Zealand and asked her to…

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Read more about the article Episode #16 – An NSA Agent Abroad with Dr. Eric Haseltine

Episode #16 – An NSA Agent Abroad with Dr. Eric Haseltine

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  • Post published:September 6, 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxbEyuFPWqI Podcast Episode #16 - An NSA Agent Abroad with Dr. Eric Haseltine One of the most sophisticated technical operations of the Cold War was conducted by the KGB in…

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Read more about the article East German Sedan with a Secret

East German Sedan with a Secret

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  • Post published:September 6, 2021
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The East German Stasi were infamous for their creation of a near-total surveillance state during the Cold War. Besides their enormous and allencompassing human intelligence network, which involved a significant fraction of the…

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Read more about the article Episode #15 – Shadows of the Cold War: A Murder Investigation with Fred Burton

Episode #15 – Shadows of the Cold War: A Murder Investigation with Fred Burton

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  • Post published:August 30, 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSwa7Guj_8    A .38 caliber bullet hole in the windshield of his car marks the scene of the murder of Joseph Alon, an Israeli Air Force officer and military attaché…

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Read more about the article Episode #14 – The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall with Helena Merriman

Episode #14 – The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall with Helena Merriman

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  • Post published:August 23, 2021
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs38mQZvcCc In September 1962, East German worker Klaus Sturmer saw and embraced his five-month-old son Uwe for the first time ever... as the infant was passed through a tunnel underneath…

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Soviet KGB Activities in India

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  • Post published:August 19, 2021
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The KGB’s 7th Directorate was focused on surveillance of Russian citizens abroad. India was a major priority for both the American CIA and Soviet KGB in the 1970s and 1980s.…

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